New York A00476 requires municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning.

New York A00476 amends the general municipal law, general city law, town law, and village law to require certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning training annually. This training must include topics such as meeting the goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, grant and funding opportunities, farmland and natural resource conservation, climate justice, environmentally conscious site design, building material techniques, and water mitigation and energy systems best practices.

New York A00476 requires municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning.

New York A00476 amends the general municipal law, general city law, town law, and village law to require certain municipal planning boards and zoning boards of appeals to receive at least one hour of environmentally conscious planning training annually. This training must include topics such as meeting the goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, grant and funding opportunities, farmland and natural resource conservation, climate justice, environmentally conscious site design, building material techniques, and water mitigation and energy systems best practices.